IMS Precision 16-18g Filter Basket Compatible with Delonghi La Specialista, DL2TH26E, Silver

This is a mega upgrade over pressurised baskets for a Delonghi machine. It’s a well machined piece that offers good even flow. Extraction, whilst not measured, is good. The coffee at least tasted great to me. Fits the Delonghi Dedica perfectly too, you just may need a tamper that is slightly smaller than 51mm, due to the shape of the basket.

Bought it as a replacement basket for my Delonghi Dedica and it works wonderful. If you are going to use it with the original protafilter you would need to remove (or cut) the plastic inside first for the new basket to fit, it's quite easy to do but the small caveat is that it leaves you with a 3rd hole, which I'm. totally okay with. Quality-wise it's good, all holes are cut fully.

Using with my Neouza 51mm two ear portfailter on a Delonghi Stilosa, tight fit but it does work. A lot better than the Stock Neouza basket as that was running too quickly, this allows a bigger pressure buildup meaning I’ve got more control over the run time of my shots. Haven’t pushed the dosage to the max yet but 15g of medium roast fits easily so pushing that to 18-20g wouldn’t be an issue

Expensive but worth it. It’s very well made and fits the NormCore unpressurised basket, which I bought to go with it, perfectly.

Great ims quality basket. It fits my delongi dedica and a 3rd party 54mm handle that I bought separately. Few things to note: 1) basket tapers at the bottom, so 54mm espresso paper filters don't fit at the bottom (they did fit for the 3rd party noname basket that came with the handle), and 2) the basket rim is a bit wider so there is slightly more resistance when screwing the handle into a dedica.

According to hubby, this has helped him make the BEST coffee at home. One very pleased bunny.

After watching Tom's Coffee Corner on youtube, the IMS basket was recommended for my bottomless portafilter on my Delonghi Dedica EC885 machine. With this IMS basket that has more holes at the bottom compared to my cheap basket, I was able to dial to a finer grind setting on my grinder compared to my cheap basket where the extraction was almost struggling. Maybe just a tad bit expensive, but if you drink coffee everyday and you want to pull the perfect shot out of your coffee, then it's definitely worth getting.

I bought this as it was listed as a 16–18g filter basket compatible with my De’Longhi, and it seemed to be exactly what I needed. Unfortunately, when it arrived, my tamper would not fit properly, even though it should have been the correct size. I noticed other people had similar issues, so I ended up returning it and buying a different one. I did contact the company, and they were helpful in telling me which basket I actually needed. The main issue is that the compatibility needs to be made much clearer. This seems to be a common problem when trying to choose the right filter basket for a specific setup. I’m sure the quality and extraction would have been good, but I wasn’t able to test it properly, so I can only give it three stars.

IMS genießt zu Recht einen sehr guten Ruf. Die Verarbeitung ist absolut top, man bekommt eine sehr gute, gleichmäßige Extraktion. In Kombination mit dem Normcore bottomless Portafilter und der DeLonghi Dedica keine Probleme: Der Filterkorb sitzt gut im Siebträger, lässt sich aber mühelos aus dem Siebträger entfernen und der Puck lässt sich dank der konvexen Form mühelos abklopfen (besser als mit dem Normcore-Sieb!). Was will man mehr, fünf Sterne!

Les comparto mi opinion teniendo en cuenta que yo utilizo esta canasta en mi Delonghi Stilosa, con un portafiltro sin fondo, anillo dosificador, tamper, y un puck screen, todos estos accesorios de la marca Normcore. En cuanto a lo que es la maquina de espresso, si tengo un gran inconveniente con la canasta ya que esta se queda atascada con la ducha de la maquina, por lo que resulta molestoso tener que estar batallando cada que quito el portafiltro, tengo que buscar la forma de destrabar la canasta que se queda pegada a la ducha. Ahora debo decir que esto tambien pasa con la misma canasta que viene por defecto en el portafiltro de Normcore, por lo que no sabria decirles si ese defecto es solo de la canasta IMS o si es algo que pasa con cualquier canasta que no sea Delonghi. En cuanto al portafiltro sin fondo, tamper y puck screen, todos de 51mm, no le veo ningun problema, encaja perfectamente. Donde si siento que es mejorable es con el anillo dosificador, si llega a imantarse pero se siente muy debil, por lo que se debe de tener mas cuidado para no tirar el cafe. Por ultimo me gustaria agregar que en cuanto a la molienda no cambio mucho como lo advertían otros comentarios. Mencionaban que tenian que moler un poco mas fino. En mi caso no fue asi, si lo comparamos con las canastas presurizadas que vienen por defecto, obvio, si vas a tener que moler mas fino. Pero en comparacion con la canasta que viene en el portafiltro sin fondo de Normcore, al menos en mi caso, no. Puede que esto se deba a que antes preparaba 16gr en esa canasta, mientras que ahora con la canasta de IMS preparo 18gr, y esos gramos de diferencia compensan que siga siendo la misma molienda.

Received proper unit and original item. Seller is genuine and the IMS basket is of very good quality as well. As for Value for money it’s okay and not the best. The item since imported took time but ultimately got delivered within stated timeline. Happy.

Best basket for the price. Bought for delonghi stilosa and neuza portafilter. It works great it didn't stick to the group head like many saids at least for me . Works great good flow

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